The Curse of the Squirrel

by Laurence Yep

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From the time a giant squirrel curses Farmer Johnson's best hunting dog, things are never the same around the farm, and hunting little animals ceases to be a sport.

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The Curse of the Squirrel by Laurence Yep
Willie and Howard are brothers and the farmer wants to go hunting. Willie is scared and he is scared of the squirrels but the farmer wants to hunt them.
Howie leaves to go hunt the squirrel and does find him and his name is Shag. The squirrel bit him putting a curse on him. by day he will be a dog, at night he will be a squirrel.
The cabbages on the farm are stolen. The tracks look like a dogs print. Howie is acting like a squirrel, hoarding nuts and cabbages and eating the farmers peanut butter sandwiches.
Howie and Willie go together to the swamp to get rid of the curse...
The dogs know how to get rid of the squirrel and their trick does work. the farmer is amazed!
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Laurence Yep was born in San Francisco, California on June 14, 1948. He graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1970 and received a Ph.D. in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He primarily writes fiction for young adults, but has also written and edited several works for adults. His first novel, show more Sweetwater, was published in 1973. His other books include Dragonwings, Dragon's Gate, Shadow Lord, Child of the Owl, The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, and The Dragon's Child: A Story of Angel Island. He has won numerous awards for his work including the Newbery Medal Honor Book, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Children's Books, Fiction and Literature
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361Society, government, & cultureSocial problems and social servicesSocial problems and services
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PZ7 .Y44 .CLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres

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